Steve Kocevar is a Cleveland-based artist known for his awesome mashups of pictures of Cleveland from the early 20th century and now.

Kocevar told Scene, “I’m fascinated by standing on the same spot of an old photo, knowing previous generations stood there with a different view, and worldview, than our own. I’m not about being nostalgic, I’m just having fun bridging those views in an artistic and (hopefully) entertaining way.”

You can find his prints at stevekocevar.com and follow him on Instagram @SharkyFin5 and Twitter @SharkyFin5.

1860/2018 – Ghosts of Erie Street Cemetery
1865/2017 – Remains of Abraham Lincoln in Public Square, Two Weeks After Assassination
1869/2019 – Original Cleveland Public Library Location in the Northrop & Harrington’s Block on Superior Avenue near Public Square (now the Site of the Renaissance Hotel)
1869/2019 – Public Square, 150 Years Apart (‘Then’ Painting by Allen Smith at the Cleveland History Center)
1870s/2017, Northwest Corner of Public Square, Old County Courthouse on the Far Left.
1875/2017 – Academy of Music on Bank Street (now West 6th Street)
1875/2017 – Forest City House on the Southwest Corner of Public Square, Built as Dunham House in 1848, Demolished in 1916 to Make Way for Hotel Cleveland (Currently Renaissance Cleveland)
1887/2016 – Society for Savings Building Under Construction on the North Side of Public Square
Early 1900s/2017 – Looking South Down Ontario Street From the Center of Public Square
Early 1900’s/2019 – When City Hall was in the Case Block (right) on Superior Avenue where Cleveland Main Library now Stands
1900/2018 – the Colonial Hotel on Prospect Avenue
1900/2019 – the Plymouth Congressional Church that Stood on the Northwest Corner of East 22nd Street and Prospect Avenue
1901/2018 – the Former Central Armory at Lakeside and East 6th Streets
1904/2016 – Construction of the Rockefeller Building at Superior Avenue and West 6th Street
1905/2019 – the New England Building (Guardian Building/National City Bank Building) on Euclid Avenue
1906/2017 – Steamer “City of Detroit II” on the East Bank of the Cuyahoga River
1906/2019 – The Statler and the Union Club on Euclid Avenue and East 12th Street as seen from the Cleveland Athletic Club
1908/2017 – The Colonial Arcade between Euclid and Prospect Avenues, Built in 1898
1910/2017 – When the B & O Railroad Bridge was on the East Side of the Cuyahoga River
1911/2018 – Looking East up Euclid Avenue from Public Square
1912/2018 – Superior Viaduct and the Cuyahoga River
1912/2019 – East 4th Street and Prospect Avenue Looking East.
1913/2018 – Euclid Avenue at East 55th Street, Facing East
1915/2019 – Prospect Avenue at East 9th Street, Looking East
1915/2019 – Street Cleaning on Rockwell Avenue, Facing West Towards Public Square
1915/2019 – Children in Front of the (former) St. Clair Branch of the Cleveland Public Libarry at East 55th Street and St. Clair Avenue
1917/2019 – Marshall’s Drug at West Roadway and Superior Avenue on Public Square
1918/2019 – Looking West Down Euclid Avenue near East 9th Street
1919/2019 – Superior Avenue through Public Square
1920/2019 – the South Side of Euclid Avenue Featuring the Euclid Arcade (5th Street Arcades)
1920/2019 – Tris Speaker of the Indians, Takes Batting Practice at League Park
1923/2019 – Ontario Street looking North Towards Public Square
1925/2017 – Architect’s Drawing of the Terminal Tower on Public Square, Aerial Photo Courtesy of Aerial Agents Cleveland
1926/2019 – St. Clair Branch of Cleveland Public Library, Wilson Stamp Club
1928/2019 – Euclid Avenue at East 83rd Street Facing West Towards Downtown
1928/2019 – Euclid Avenue West of East 18th Street
1937/2019 – Lake Shore Electric Railway car in Public Square

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